technology

A Note To Staff About K-5 Social Media Use

by Mark October 4, 2011 classroom_management

Folks, Please don’t be shocked when you find out during my Internet Safety class that all or most of your students have personal Facebook accounts. Your class is not alone. We want to foster conversation about how to stay safe online. Admonishing your students that they must be 14 to have a Facebook account simply [...]

Delicious Launched Revamp Overnight

by Mark September 27, 2011 classroom_management

Delicious.com’s new owners relaunch site overnight.

Making it easier for customers to break the law

by Mark May 17, 2011 technology

This was at the bottom of a story in the Washington Post. Both legal language to protect the copyright owner from redistribution, along with a dozen one-click ways to redistribute.

Bummer – Flip is Dead

by Mark April 12, 2011 technology

Cisco two years ago made a big splash by buying the maker of the Flip, the perfect-for-the-YouTube-age video camera that was then a tech geek accessory of choice. Now, Cisco is killing off the Flip. The company announced it will “exit aspects of its consumer businesses,” including shutting down Flip.

Elementary School Newspaper

by Mark April 11, 2011 classroom_culture

Terracetimes.com started a number of weeks ago. Posts are generated by students, mostly without being assigned. In the lower grades, teachers are pulling together class projects on the curriculum in VoiceThread, MovieMaker, PhotoStory and posting them.

Are their ideas we could take away from this video which could be implemented in an elementary setting?

An email I sent to the staff today ….

by Mark April 5, 2011 school_politics

So my advice is go ahead and download it when it is “offered,” optionally, the first week. At least then you’ll have the illusion you have freedom of choice.

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